Families lived on the never-never by borrowing well beyond their means to fund spending for at least a decade before the credit crunch, according to an economic think tank. [More] Exception: Stack empty.

Having a baby is pushing families in to debt as the cost of nappies, push chairs, toys and clothes eat in to income. [More] Exception: Stack empty.

Household debt seems to have started rising again after a trend of falling for several months, according to the latest statistics from money education charity Credit Action. [More] Exception: Stack empty.

Families struggling with debt could find they are the biggest losers from tax changes in the recent Budget. [More] Exception: Stack empty.

The dust has died down over Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget 2012 with the result that few households are any better off. [More] Exception: Stack empty.

Seven out of 10 families are teetering on the edge of financial oblivion has debts and rising living costs threaten to overwhelm them, claims a survey of mums. One in five mothers regularly skips meals so their children... [More] Exception: Stack empty.